B-Side the Leeside: Interference - Live In Dingle 

B-Side The Leeside: Schull musician Fergus O'Farrell passed away in 2016, but the album recorded as a session for Other Voices stands as a fine reminder of what a talent he was 
B-Side the Leeside: Interference - Live In Dingle 

Fergus O'Farrell, centre, with an early incarnation of Interference. 

The story of Fergus O’Farrell is one of tragedy, triumph and of a relatively short life lived to maximum potential. It is also one of incredible music – of haunting, storm-wracked songs that arrived like a gale gusting in from the sea.

To those in on the secret, Schull-born O’Farrell was among the most important Irish artists of his generation. Regarded by fans as one of the greatest ever songwriters to come out of Cork, O’Farrell and his group, Interference, never entirely received the recognition they deserved. Yet their following has, if anything, grown more devoted since the passing in February 2016 of the singer, who had lived nearly all his life with muscular dystrophy.  

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